#mer

There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#dance #day #every #every day #farmers

Since the Gulf War, since the new World Order, America is now the number one arms dealer in the world. ↗

— Rob Walton

#arms #dealer #gulf #gulf war #new

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage. ↗

— Queen Victoria

#deny #doomed #free #generally #girl

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#apparently #candidates #cost #democracy #elections

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american #anyone #anywhere #captive #hostile

This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#agriculture #american #american economy #best #bright

To help producers serve larger institutional customers like schools and hospitals, USDA has helped fund new regional infrastructure like cold storage warehouses, commercial kitchens and local slaughter facilities. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#commercial #customers #facilities #fund #help

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#also #america #build #companion #compliment

USDA is committed to keeping pace with the needs and progress of American agriculture by supporting new markets and movements that will keep farmers profitable and help create middle class jobs across the country. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#agriculture #american #class #committed #country

All the cameras shifted from the players to me. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#me #players #shifted